Comparison

Bookbear vs Leafed

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bookbear

Easily track your reading progress, build a virtual bookshelf, and discover trending books. Scan barcodes to add titles instantly and share your reading list with friends. Designed for a seamless and beautiful user experience.

Highlights
  • Seamless book tracking
  • Build and admire your collection
  • Scan and discover instantly
  • Discover trending books
  • Share what you're reading
  • Check progress at a glance
Features
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FEATURES [[ Seamless Book Tracking ]] We tried using the other top book tracker apps. Honestly? We couldn’t. Buttons were confusing, and some apps even crashed on us. So we made bookbear—designed to be the easiest and most beautiful book tracker you'll ever use. Seriously, no more guessing or frustration. Download now and see how effortless tracking can be! [[ Build and Admire Your Collection ]] Who doesn’t love gazing at a gorgeous bookshelf? We’ve recreated that feeling in bookbear—your personal library on your phone! Add the books you want to read, are reading, or have read, and watch your virtual collection grow. You’ll be admiring it in no time! [[ Scan and Discover Instantly ]] POV: You're at a book store and you found a book that caught your eye. Skip the typing! Just use bookbear to scan the barcode, and boom—get all the details you need in seconds. Two taps, and you’re in the know. [[ Discover the Hottest Books ]] Stay in the loop with the latest trending books. The New York Times Best Sellers? Just one tap away. Never miss out on the book everyone’s talking about! [[ Share What You’re Reading ]] Want to show off your current read? With bookbear, you can easily share what’s on your reading list with friends. It’s quick, it’s fun, and hey, who doesn’t love a good book recommendation? [[ Check Your Progress at a Glance ]] Reading multiple books at once? We get it. With bookbear, you can track your progress on all your books at a glance. Stay on top of every chapter, effortlessly.

About

Leafed

This app provides a peaceful space to log your reading and listening habits. It offers features like quote saving, audiobook tracking, goal setting, and detailed reading insights without ads or a social feed.

Highlights
  • Log reading and audiobooks
  • Save quotes via camera
  • Import Kindle highlights
  • Set reading goals
  • Detailed reading insights
  • Offline functionality
  • Data export
Features
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Leafed is a calm, friendly place to keep track of what you read and listen to. WHAT LEAFED WON'T DO - No feed, no followers, no algorithm deciding what you read next - No ads, ever - No AI reading your library - No paywall on your stats - Not owned by Amazon What's left is your books, your notes, and the pile you'll get to eventually. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Keep track of what you're reading, what you've finished, and what's waiting on the nightstand - Open to what matters: what you're reading, what's up next from your Want to Read shelf, and the books you looked at but haven't added yet - Find any book on your shelves fast: search ignores accents and capitals, matches authors, and takes an ISBN - Save a line you love by pointing your camera at the page. Leafed turns it into a quote you can keep - Bring in your Kindle highlights - See one of your saved quotes on Home each day - Audiobooks count too: mark a book as an audiobook, log where you stopped in hours and minutes, and rate the narration on its own - Own it twice? Note that you also have a book as an ebook or audiobook, and keep track of copies you sold, donated, or gave away - Set a goal for the year (books, pages, or hours), or a daily one in minutes or pages, and watch it fill up - Keep a streak without the guilt: every 7 days you read earns a freeze that covers a missed day - Sort books onto shelves that make sense to you, and add your own - Add a book in seconds by scanning its barcode - Tap a genre on any book to see what else is in it - Find your next read: what's trending, browse by genre, the New York Times bestseller lists, and indie books you won't see everywhere else - See your reading in Insights: pages read, hours listened, genres, favorite authors and narrators, a reading calendar, and your finished books as spines on a shelf - Read a written recap of your reading year, made on your phone from your own library - Keep what you're reading on your Home Screen with the Leafed widget - Share a book, a goal, a shelf, or your year as a card sized for Stories or feeds, saved to Photos or sent anywhere COMING FROM ANOTHER APP? Choose the file the other app gave you, and Leafed works out whether it came from Goodreads, StoryGraph, Bookmory, Audible, or Kindle. You see every change before anything is written; you can fill in or update books you already have, and rows that can't be imported come back as a file you can fix. Your shelves, ratings, and dates come with you, and StoryGraph's moods and pace come across too. And you can export everything anytime. Your books are yours, whether you're in or out. WHERE YOUR BOOKS LIVE IS UP TO YOU - On your phone only. That's the default; it works fully offline and requires no account. - iCloud backup, to keep your library safe across your Apple devices, still without an account. - A free Leafed account, if you'd like your library on every phone and tablet you read on, plus on the web at leafed.app. WHAT IT COSTS Nothing to track your reading. No paywall on your books or stats, no book limit, no subscription. If Leafed earns a spot on your nightstand, there's a tip jar, plus an optional one-time Supporter Pack of share card styles. Tracking, stats and sync stay free either way.

Screenshots

Bookbear4 screens
Leafed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Leafed at 5.0 against Bookbear's 4.5. Leafed also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). Bookbear's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (21 vs 7). On price, review sentiment, ads and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Leafed sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Bookbear asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Leafed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Bookbear's written reviews are positive against 100% of Leafed's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bookbear ships an update every 9 days, Leafed every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bookbear versus Leafed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookbearLeafed
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (21 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB98 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperWOO MIN PARKMike Watson

Customer experience

Bookbear

All ratings21 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive94.8%
Neutral3.4%
Negative1.7%

Leafed

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Bookbear

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Book search not working (Lazykit.XOR error)
  • Unable to delete incorrectly added books
  • Calendar date selection jumps unexpectedly

Requested features

20 requests
  • Add ability to manually add books
  • Implement account/login for data backup
  • Add a memo/note-taking feature for books
  • Include statistics (annual/monthly reading count, genre/author rankings)
  • Allow editing of release dates
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  • Add dark mode
  • Option to customize calendar view (show ongoing books, book cover size)
  • Add a reading timer
  • Ability to record quotes or important sentences
  • Allow multiple user profiles for family accounts
  • Option to sort bookshelf by completion date
  • Ability to hide star ratings
  • Option to display only book titles in bookshelf
  • Add a feature to mark 'favorite' or 'life books'
  • Allow capturing the entire bookshelf as an image
  • Add ability to record re-reads
  • Improve book search speed
  • Add option to select book start/read dates in calendar
  • Allow adding photos to book entries
  • Add option to export reading data

Leafed

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bookbear

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Leafed

One-time6
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Supporter Pack$4.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
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  • Large Tip$9.99
  • Box Set Tip$19.99
  • First Edition Tip$49.99

Questions

Is Bookbear free?
Bookbear is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Leafed free?
Leafed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bookbear or Leafed?
Leafed is rated higher. Bookbear averages 4.5 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Leafed averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Bookbear or Leafed have ads?
Neither Bookbear nor Leafed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bookbear or Leafed?
Bookbear ships an update every 9 days, and Leafed every 3 days. Most recently, Bookbear was updated on November 12, 2026 and Leafed on November 9, 2026.

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